wayne@csri.toronto.edu (Wayne Hayes) (11/28/90)
Well, I made the change back to the pre-Bruce's-5-line-fix so that my 386/33 seems like an XT when running multiple processes. And it just crashed again. So, I guess it's not Bruce's fault after all. :-) Has anyone else had any crashing problems? I'm not even sure if it's disk activity related anymore. Here is my current system (but the crashes happened also when I was in 16-bit mode on my 386): Even's Minix 386 1.5.10 Irlam's Virtual Console, 4 consoles *no* Estdio (yet) Miscellaneous patches indiscriminently added off the Net. I should probably be more selective about which patches I install. I was wanting Estdio, 386, floating point, screen blanker, X-windows, virtual memory, transparent distributed processing, virtual reality processors, faster than light travel, 42, etc. If I can't resolve this I'll go back to vanilla 1.5.10 and start over with Evan's 386 and Virtual consoles. (After getting Vcon, I don't understand how I got along without them it.) And is Estdio as fantastic as I remember the description being? -- "Dad, what should I be when I grow up?" "Honest." -- Robert M. Pirsig, _Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenence_. Wayne Hayes INTERNET: wayne@csri.utoronto.ca CompuServe: 72401,3525
tgcpwd@rwc.urc.tue.nl (Wim van Dorst) (11/28/90)
wayne@csri.toronto.edu (Wayne Hayes) writes: >I was >wanting Estdio, 386, floating point, screen blanker, X-windows, virtual >memory, transparent distributed processing, virtual reality processors, >faster than light travel, 42, etc. I now have Estdio, virtual consoles, screenblanker, faster than light (on a 10MHz 8088XT) :-), and even etc (uucp, news, mail, spread sheet, crc/ccrc, shutdown and more).1 >And is Estdio as fantastic as I remember the description being? It is on a 10MHz 8088 XT :-). Hoping to have given posters, upgraders and others some courage to go on. I'm still impressed with all the new things possible on a system like mine. BTW. I have no 386 yet, so I have no idea about Waynes problems. I hope somebody else can help him. Met vriendelijke groeten, Wim 'Blue Baron' van Dorst -- --------------------------------------------------------------------- Blue Baron = Wim van Dorst, Voice (+31) 074-443937, (+31) 02152-42319 (-: baron@wiesje.hobby.nl tgcpwd@urc.tue.nl :-) ---------------------------------------------------------------------
PPH93%DMSWWU1A.BITNET@cunyvm.cuny.edu (Thomas Heller) (11/29/90)
In article <1990Nov27.215812.10010@jarvis.csri.toronto.edu>, Wayne Hayes <wayne@CSRI.TORONTO.EDU> says: > >Well, I made the change back to the pre-Bruce's-5-line-fix so that my >386/33 seems like an XT when running multiple processes. And it just >crashed again. So, I guess it's not Bruce's fault after all. :-) > >Has anyone else had any crashing problems? I'm not even sure if it's >disk activity related anymore. Here is my current system (but the crashes >happened also when I was in 16-bit mode on my 386): > >Even's Minix 386 1.5.10 >Irlam's Virtual Console, 4 consoles >*no* Estdio (yet) >Miscellaneous patches indiscriminently added off the Net. > > >Wayne Hayes INTERNET: wayne@csri.utoronto.ca CompuServe: 72401,3525 Well, I'm not sure if you speak of these problems named something like 'timing problem with at_wini and WD1006' RLL disk controller. If yes: Yes, I also have problems that the system hangs from time to time, mostly with the disk light on. To my experience, it's related to the system speed (crashes are much less likel y at slower clock speed, they ocurred very often when reading/writing data in large chunks (I think)). My Configuration: IT 386sx motherboard (IT = InformTech), 16 MHz, switchable to 8 MHz. WD1006SR-2 Controller with 2 Disks (Minixscribe (?) HH1060 and seagate ST??? (62MB) Bruce's 386 Patches installed, also virtual consoles (2 enabled). No estdio(yet) I didnot install any other patches to the system (KERNEL, MM, FS, INIT) Booting with shoelace. Thomas Heller <pph93@dmswwu1a>